He’s a secret Muslim: This rumor was the first one to make the rounds, mainly via emails from people who don’t know better. Because of his name, scared people began circulating the rumor that Obama wasn’t Christian. It wasn’t true.It’s an understandable, albeit embarrassing, mistake. But using it as a fear tactic is despicable. Even Sen. John McCain had to put his supporters in their place for perpetuating this lie.

Terrorist fist jab: This one was comical, spewing like mental vomit from the empty head of Faux News hairdo E.D. Hill. When Obama and wife Michelle exchanged “dap” on stage, Hill called it “a terrorist fist jab.” She was wrong, but scored well in Fox’s core demographic of tragically unhip and out-of-touch yahoos..

He’s a secret socialist: Gov. Sarah Palin was the GOP’s attack bulldog, and she worked her crowds into a frenzy, painting the picture of Obama as a socialist-in-disguise.It’s not true. His Cabinet appointments and comments say otherwise. If anything, Obama is a populist.

Obama was born in Kenya: The same attorney who unsuccessfully sued the U.S. government for staging the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and who failed when he tried to prove Sen. John McCain wasn’t a U.S. citizen, tried the same thing with Obama. Other loons followed. In every instance, Hawaii officials testified that Obama’s birth documents were real. Every single court to hear the cases ruled against the Holy Grail of the cult that developed around this rumor. The birth certificate allegations, in other words, weren’t true.